History Main / HalloweenSongs

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'''s Halloween special "[[TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E25TheGhouls The Ghouls]]" featuring [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567KdwYHKZ0 a song where the cast sings about all the things they like about the holiday]], from the candy to costumes to being able to overcharge for certain items.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' Halloween Episode "Scary Godparents" features the song "Real and Scary", a song that encapsulates Timmy's wish to make it the best Halloween ever by turning everyone into whatever they are dressed as.

* Music/BlueOysterCult updated the "ghost riders in the sky" cowboy legend (itself the basis for a popular song of that name recorded by Music/JohnnyCash among others) for the late 20th century by having a trio of Hell's Angels going out for a night-time ride on an unlit coastal road. They pay no heed to the date, and the inevitable coke-and-booze-fuelled crash leads them to a post-mortem interview with Satan himself. The track is "Feel The Thunder", on the LP ''Music/RevolutionByNight''

* Music/BlueOysterCult updated the "ghost riders in the sky" cowboy legend (itself the basis for a popular song of that name recorded by Music/JohnnyCash among others) for the late 20th century by having a trio of Hell's Angels going out for a night-time ride on an unlit coastal road. They pay no heed to the date, and the inevitable coke-and-booze-fuelled crash leads them to a post-mortem interview with Satan himself. The track is ''Feel The Thunder'', on the LP ''Music/RevolutionByNight''

* Music/BlueOysterCult updated the "ghost riders in the sky" cowboy legend (itself the basis for a popular song of that name recorded by Music/JohnnyCash among others) for the late 20th century by having a trio of Hell's Angels going out for a nighttime ride on an unlit coastal road. They pay no heed to the date, and the inevitable coke-and-booze-fuelled crash leads them to a post-mortem interview with Satan himself.

* While "Grim Grinning Ghosts" was originally just the theme to Franchise/TheHauntedMansion ride at the various Ride/DisneyThemeParks, Disney has since codified it as their official theme to be used for any inter-franchise Halloween special, it being used as the main theme for the Happy Hallowishes fireworks show and sung by the ghosts of the famous ride in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' HalloweenSpecial "House Ghosts".

* Music/IceNineKills have made a career out of horror-themed music, and even have a song dedicated to ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' specifically ("Stabbing in the Dark").

* "Every Day is Halloween" by Music/{{Ministry}} is about a disenfranchised {{Goth}} [[note]]in the song someone derides his clothing by asking "why are you dressed like it's Halloween?"[[/note]], but it's become heavily associated with the holiday anyway. At least one cover version, by The Postmarks, has [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning altered the lyrics to be about someone who literally wants to celebrate Halloween everyday]].

* The 1962 novelty hit "Monster Mash", by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, has become a perennial Halloween favorite, complete with the singer doing his best Creator/BorisKarloff impression, spooky sound effects, and lyrics about [[MonsterMash all the different Halloween monsters]] starting a DanceSensation. Some of his other similar songs, like "Blood Bank Blues" and "Werewolf Watusi," are also good examples of spooky-themed music.

* "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett has become a perennial Halloween favorite, complete with the singer doing his best Creator/BorisKarloff impression, spooky sound effects, and lyrics about [[MonsterMash all the different Halloween monsters]] starting a DanceSensation. Some of his other similar songs, like "Blood Bank Blues" and "Werewolf Watusi," are also good examples of spooky-themed music.

* The Music/BlueOysterCult updated the "ghost riders in the sky" cowboy legend for the late 20th Century by having a trio of Hell's Angels going out for a night ride on an unlit coast road. They pay no heed to the date, and the inevitable coke-and-booze-fuelled crash leads them to a post-mortem interview with Satan himself.

* TV HorrorHost Creator/{{Zacherley}}'s ''Spook Along With Zacherley'' is an album of Halloween songs, most notably the grizzly two-part "Dinner with Drac" (part two of which got banned from the radio) and perennial horror convention favorite "Come With Me to Transylvania".

* Let us not forget the memetic "Spooky Scary Skeletons" by Andrew Gold.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'''s Halloween special featuring [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567KdwYHKZ0 a song where the cast sings about all the things they like about the holiday]], from the candy to costumes to being able to overcharge for certain items.

Mostly because Halloween is a comparatively contemporary holiday, divorced from its religious roots and having no set icon (StingyJack being the most popular pick at this), there aren't any traditional Halloween carols played on repeat on the radio or sung door to door. Sure, there have been attempts at codifying certain pop tunes as Halloween Songs -- such as Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash" or Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}" -- but these can of course be listened to at any time of the year, and are only popular around Halloween for their "scary" themes. Ditto horror movie scores.